Three guys go into a restaurant and have a meal. They get a bill for £30. They hand over £10 each and when the waiter takes it he realises that in fact the bill should only have been £25. He thinks well to hell with them they didn't leave a tip so he tells them they are due some change and gives them one pound back each and sticks two pounds in his pocket.
Therefore each guy paid a tenner and got £1 back paying therefore £9 each. Three times 9 is £27. The waiter had two pounds in his pocket making £29. so what happened to the other pound?
2006-07-02 05:34:42 · 13 answers · asked by blackstuffman2000 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
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2006-07-02 05:52:11 · update #1
people have already said the answer, I know. You subtract the £2 from £27 to get £25 - the £25 bill + £3 given back, plus the £2 the waiter kept comes to thirty.
But the ignorant Americans annoyed me here, by changing the £ to $s. Keep it in same context - not everybody uses $s.
2006-07-02 18:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
25+3=28 leaving $2
2006-07-02 12:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by Pumpkin Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fallacy is right at the end. You shouldn't add £2 to the £27 but subtract it. The waiter had £27. He handed over £25 to the till and kept £2.
2006-07-02 12:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by migelito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they paid 27, he took 2 because the bill was for 25. You added 2 to 27 rather than subracting 2 to get 25.
The 3 dollars added to the 27 (25 + 2) he took makes 30. There isn't one missing
2006-07-02 12:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its one of those things like with the fingers ...you know you point to the fingers and say...ya i have 11 yoiu count down 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 plus 5 is 11.IT should be 3 plus 25 is 28 and the two in his pocket make 30....
huh?
2006-07-02 12:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by gilmore-gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 total
25 for the bill leaves 5
he pockets 2 leaving 3
and gives the 3 to the patrons
25+2+3=30
if the bill was 25, then the 3 patrons did not pay equally.
2006-07-02 13:27:33 · answer #6 · answered by got_deam_munalla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't add on the money in waiter's pocket because it is already counted in the 9 each. 25 in till, 2 in pocket equals 27.
2006-07-02 12:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the readjusted bill, each share would be 8.33£. He gave each patron 1£ change, which leaves him a tip of .66£ from each of the 3 patrons (2£).
08.33£ Each Patron's Bill (x 3)
00.66£ Each Patron's Tip (x 3)
01.00£ Returned to Patron (x 3)
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10.00£ (x 3)
2006-07-02 15:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Superfly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-02 12:37:57 · answer #9 · answered by kep1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no ideas on that one sorrey
2006-07-02 18:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋